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Microplax albofasciata

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Microplax albofasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Lygaeoidea
Family: Oxycarenidae
Genus: Microplax
Species:
M. albofasciata
Binomial name
Microplax albofasciata
(A. Costa 1847)[1]

Microplax albofasciata is an insect--a species of True bug in the genus Microplax, a member of family Oxycarenidae.[1] It is native from the Mediterranean north to the Channel Islands and Germany. It was first documented in the United States (in California) in 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Microplax albofasciata". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  2. ^ Wheeler, A. G.; Henry, T. J. (2015). "First North American record of the Palearctic Microplax albofasciata (Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 117 (1): 56–61. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.117.1.55. Retrieved 2018-08-12."